KConfig and $HOME

[Aaron J. Seigo]

On Thursday 11 October 2007, Allen Winter wrote:
> On Thursday 11 October 2007 4:01:54 pm Kevin Krammer wrote:
> > On Thursday 11 October 2007, Allen Winter wrote:
> > > On Thursday 11 October 2007 1:12:30 pm Andreas Pakulat wrote:
> > > > Right. All KDE3 configs (and pre-KConfig-merge) need to be upgraded
> > > > and all Entries that have $HOME and are supposed to be expanded need
> > > > to have [$e] added to the entry key.
> > > >
> > > > The new KConfig only expands $HOME on entries that have this special
> > > > flag set.
> > >
> > > Is there no way around this?
> > > Will kde3 apps work if they see the [$e]?
> >
> > I think so. It is documented here
> > http://techbase.kde.org/KDE_System_Administration/Configuration_Files#She
> >ll_Expansion
>
> Interesting.  I just learned something new.
>
> Hmm.. do we want [$ie]?  That way, I can move around my home dir without
> breaking my rc files.

no, because the $i would prevent the user from ever changing the value at all, 
not just the $HOME part =)

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